Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 12, 2015 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A1566
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Felix Ortiz
multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Vivian Cook
Steven Cymbrowitz
Jeffrey Dinowitz
2015-A1566 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A1566 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and administer training programs for coroners, coroners' physicians and medical examiners; provides for the making of regulations for minimum qualifications, minimum training and continuing education requirements, procedures and standards for pronouncing deaths and procedures and standards for investigating deaths; further requires the commissioner to send a copy to certain officers of the proposed regulations at least three months before formally proposing such regulation; makes an exemption for emergency rulemaking.
2015-A1566 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1566 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, GALEF, HIKIND, HOOPER, PAULIN, PERRY, RIVERA, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of health to develop and administer training programs for coroners, coroners' physicians and medical examiners THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4223 to read as follows: S 4223. CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN, MEDICAL EXAMINER; REGULATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR CORONERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO CORONERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR CORONERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. (B) MINIMUM TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CORON- ERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. (C) PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR PRONOUNCING DEATHS. (D) PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR INVESTIGATING DEATHS. (E) ANY OTHER PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF CORONERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER. 3. REGULATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO CORONERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW, LOCAL LAW OR REGULATION. 4. (A) AT LEAST THREE MONTHS BEFORE FORMALLY PROPOSING TO MAKE ANY REGULATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02410-01-5
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